Wagon-body



N. F'AUGHT. Wagon-Body.

No. 224,889. Patented Feb.24,1880.

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Hendricks county, in

lIlGIlt-S in the; construction of a wagon-bed,

tion of parts and in the new combination of elements, as will behereinafter fully described I I in the specification and set forth inthe claims.

vided with flat bars of iron thelower ends of which are bent inward inthe form of a hook, r, slide on the angular ends at of the bars 01, and

piece D by the pins or cleats T T, as shown.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON FAUGHT, or nnnrnorcs COUNTY, INDIANA.

WAGON -BO'DY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,889, dated February24, 1880. Application filed March 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NELSON FAUGHT, of theState of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in theConstruction of Wagon-Beds, of which the following is a description,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My inventionrelates to certain improvewhereby said bed can beheldtogether in sections wholly or partially removed from the floor of thewagonor reduced in height.

My invention consists of the new construc- In the accompanying drawings,in which different figures Figure 1 represents a perspective view of myimproved wagon bed.

through the center vertically at line a; r, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the floor of the wagon, which isstrengthened by the cleats w w. The central cleats w are prod, havingtheir ends dbent or formed at aright angle, as shown The lower sidepieces, B, of the bed are providedwithvertieal strips of flat iron S S Sand are designed to hold the sides B down onto the floor, and at thesame time prevent the sides from spreading apart.

. At each end of the bed the lower end pieces, D F, are used, each endpiece beingprovided with corner-irons m m and O, that are secured to theends D and F, and project far enough to overlapthe ends of the sidepieces, B, thus preventing the ends of the side pieces from spreading.

The sidesB are provided with staples J to receive the pins K, which aresecured to the upper side pieces, 0, of the bed, and thus hold said sidepieces firmly attached to the side pieces B. y

The upper end piece, E, is held onto the end in which is a pivot-bolt,which At the upper edge of the front end of each side piece 0 is secureda flat bar of iron, u, the front end of which is provided with apin-hole and projects over the end piece E, and the pins y y areinserted through the holes in said bars, and also through holes formedin each end of the end pieces, E D, and also through corresponding holesformed in the front end of the floor A, thus securely binding the frontends, the sides, and bottom together,as shown; The angle-bar G at therear end of the bed extends across the upper end piece,.F, and theangular part that loops over the sides 0 is provided with a hook, H,that hooks into the staple J, thus locking the upper rear end part tothe upper side pieces.

The corner-irons O are secured to the lower rear end piece, and alsooverlap the lower side pieces, B.

The hook P is of peculiar construction, to wit: It; is constructedsimilar to that shown in Fig. 3--that is, the part P is curved andprovided with a rib, v, for operating the hook. The end a is providedwith a hole, a, for pivoting the hook to the angle-iron O, as showninFig. 1. The end g is also provided with a hole, 9, secures the pawl f.The end 9 is hooked into the staple R, and the pawl f, of its owngravity, tilts or falls backward under the staple, thus preventing thehook from being withdrawn from the staple It until the pawl f is movedforward, as shown.

The upper part, 0 O, E, and F, may be removed if the bed is too high,and by loosening the hooks P the rear end may be removed, and byremoving the pins y 3 the sides may be slid back, so as to disengage theside hooks, r, from the hooks d, thus releasing the sides and front endwhen it is desired to use the floor without any side pieces or ends. Thestop 19 prevents the side pieces, B, from moving out of position whenthe sides are placed on the floor A.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wagon-bed consisting of the ends D F, provided with corner-irons mm and O, that overlap the sides, the sides B, provided with verticalbars S S S having hooks r at their lower ends, and the floor A, havingribs or cleats w, provided with iron plates 01', having their ends dbent downward, and the stop 19, all as described, for the purposespecified.

2. In combination with the floor A, provided with iron plates d, havingtheir ends 01 bent downward, the sides B, provided with iron bars S S Shaving hooks 4" at their lower ends, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with the corner-irons O,

the hook P, having a rib, a), and a pawl, f, as

and for the purpose specified.

4E. The hook P, having the rib o and two projecting ends, a/ g, and apawl, f, combined with the end-board F and side-board B, as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

NELSON FAUGHT.

Witnesses: E. 0. FRINK, GEO. W. RAMAGE.

